A man has been charged with murder after a 23-year-old man was killed in an alleged hit-and-run collision on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.

The 23-year-old was with friends when he was hit by a white SUV about 11pm last night on Cool Store Road in Hastings.

Neighbours watched as his friends tried desperately to save him. 

A community on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula has been left grief stricken after a young man was killed in an alleged hit-and-run collision.The 23-year-old was with friends when he was hit by a car around 11pm on Cool Store Road in Hastings on Saturday night.
Flowers left at the scene where the man died. (Nine)
A man has been charged with murder after a 23-year old man was killed in an alleged hit-and-run collision on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
A man has been charged with murder after a 23-year old man was killed in an alleged hit-and-run collision on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. (Nine)

A 34-year old man from the town was charged with murder over his death, Victoria Police said.

“I feel for the family. It’s a terrible thing to happen,” one neighbour said.

Police said they were establishing the exact circumstances around the collision.

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